Radiator cover



April 12 1927. 1 ,624,042

C. F. DUG GINS RADIATOR COVER Filed March 20, 1926 Patented Apr. 12,1927.

CHARLES F. DUGGINS, OF RICHMOND,

PATENT OFFICE.

VIRGINIA.

RADIATOR COVER.

Application filed March 20, 1926. Serial No. 96,282.

This invention relates to improvements in radiator covers.

An object of the invention is to provlde means for encasing radiatorswhich will cause the air currents set up by heat radiation to travelaway from the walltoward the center of the room.

Another object is to provide a radiator cover which enables ready accessto be had to 19 the radiator for cleaning and repairs.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

The novel features of the invention will appear from the detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawingsforming part of this specification.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the cover. 29 Fig. 2 isa perspective showing the front removed from the casing.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken along lines 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional fragmen- 55 tary vlew of the securingmeans taken on the I,

the line 44 of Figure 3.

The cover is indicated in the drawing generally by the-numeral 1. andcomprises a top 2 having a series of mouldings. 3, aback 4 30 and sidesSand 6. The back is preferably formed'of metal and has a reinforcingstrip 7 at the lower side thereof. The sides 5 and 6 are partly coveredwith a metal lining 8 spaced therefrom so as to accommodate as- 85hestos or other insulation therebetween.

The under surface of the top has securedthereon a layer of asbestos orother insulating material 9. Covering this insulating material is ametal lining and deflector 10. the front and back edges of which arecurved downwardly as shown at 11 and 12. The part 12 is connected to theback while the part 11 is connected to a strip 13 secured to the underside of the top along the front of the casing. It will he observed thatthe curved parts 11 and 12 form with the adjacent parts of the casingdead air spaces 14. and 15 so as to provide better insulation. A

further function of the parts 11 and 12 is to form a deflector for thehot air so as to throw the same in a forward direction. The sides 5 and6 are provided near the bottom with cold air vents 16, while the backonly extends downwardly as far as the strip 7, thereby forming anotheropening or vent for the-cold air. The underside of the top is providedwith a groove 17 and the sides have heads or flanges 18 into'and againstwhich the front cover for the casing is adapted to lit and hear. Thefront cover 19 has a plurality of openings 20 in which metallic cane orother foraminous panels are adapted to be arranged and held in place bybeading 21. The lowerside of the cover is cut away at 22 to provide acold air vent. In placing the coier in the casing the top edge thereofis inserted in the groove 17 and the cover is then swung downwardly soas to bear against the flanges 18. The lower part of the cover may beheld in place by double acting spring catches 23.

Having thus fully described my invention I claim A radiator covercomprising 'a rectangular top; two sides fixed, atone end of each.

to said top at the opposite ends thereof, and having their free endsrecessed to form feet adapted to rest on a floor; a cross brace parallelto said top and spaced above the recessed ends of said sides and havingits onposite ends .fixed to the rear edges of said sides; a back fixedto said brace and the rear edge of said top; said sides having theiropposed faces similarly rabbeted at their front. edges to form a seatfor a removable front, and the top having a groove in its lower face ofthe same width as the rahhets in said sides; a front, of the samethickness as the width of said groove and rahhets, removably positionedwith its top in said groove and with its sides seated in said rabbetsand having its bottom end recessed 'to form feet adapted to rest on saidfloor when the front is seated in said groove and rabbets.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES F. DUGGINS.

